Santa Maria De Garona nuclear power plant
Retired Spain
Gross capacity
466MW
Santa Maria De Garona nuclear power plant is a boiling water reactor unit at Santa Maria De Garona nuclear power plant in Spain rated at 466 MW gross. It is retired. Commercial operation began 11 May 1971.
Specification
| Reactor type | Boiling water reactor (BWR) |
|---|---|
| Model | BWR-3 |
| Size | Largeabove 300 MWe |
| Coolant | Light water |
| Moderator | Light water |
| Gross capacity | 466MW |
| Net capacity (reference) | 446MW |
| Net capacity (design) | 440MW |
| Thermal output | 1,381MWt |
| NSSS vendor | GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energyall vendors |
| Typical enrichment | 3–5% U-235 |
Ownership & location
| Site | Santa Maria De Garona nuclear power plant |
|---|---|
| Unit | not stated |
| Country | Spain |
| Owner | Nuclenor SA100% |
| Operator | Nuclenor |
| Coordinates | 42.7750, -3.2070 |
Fuel chain for this unit
Fuel form
Uranium dioxide pellets in zirconium-alloy cladding
Enrichment
3–5% U-235
Who makes this assembly
- Framatome BWR fuel assemblies
- Global Nuclear Fuel BWR fuel assemblies
- Westinghouse Electric Company BWR fuel assemblies
Upstream
Enriched fuel means this unit sits downstream of five conversion plants and four enrichment operators holding 88% of world capacity between the top three.
Fabricator capability is recorded against reactor type and model line, not against named units,
utilities do not publish fuel contracts. See the fuel chain.
Timeline
- 1 Sep 1966Construction start
- 5 Nov 1970First criticality
- 2 Mar 1971Grid connection
- 11 May 1971Commercial operation
- 2 Aug 2017Permanent shutdown
Other BWR-3 units
3 units worldwide share this model designation.
| Unit | Country | Status | Gross MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant 1 | Japan | Retired | 460 |
| Shimane nuclear power plant 1 | Japan | Retired | 460 |
Sources
- Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06 · this unit last researched by GEM on 2024-05-23
- GEM.wiki entry (further reading) , CC BY-SA 4.0, linked, not quoted
How these sources are used, including the corrections applied on top of them and what is deliberately left blank · download the underlying data